• Title
  'Arrest of Governor Bligh. January 26, 1808. The original manuscript documents', 26 January 1808-11 April 1808.
• Creator
  George Johnston, 1764-1823
• Call number
  Safe 4/5
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1808
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  923702
• Issue Copy
  DigitisedMicrofilm : CY 2125, frames 141-156
  Copy print : Facsimile copies by the Govt. Printing Office, Sydney (ca.1890's), are available at A 1982 (CY 2062, frames 19-32)
  
• Physical Description
  0.39 metres of textual material and 1 watercolour (1 box) - manuscript
  
• Scope and Content
  1. Requisition to Major Johnston from officers and settlers, 26 January 1808 asking him to arrest Bligh and assume command of the colony
  
  2. Letter to Major Johnston signed by 83 officers and settlers, 27 January 1808 thanking him for the part he played
  
  3. Watercolour sketch of the arrest of Governor Bligh by an unknown artist [formerly attributed to William Minchin]
  
  4. Deposition of M. Marlborough regarding the arrest, sworn before E. Abbott, J. P., 11 April 1808
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Authors died more than 70 years ago - applies to unpublished textual material
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955 - applies to watercolour
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Related Material
  Box inscribed 'Arrest of Governor Bligh. January 26, 1808' (9613514)
• Alphanumeric designations
  
  Originally catalogued at D 357
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Minchin, William, 1774?-1821
  
• Subject
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817.
  Governors--New South Wales.
  Criminal justice, Administration of--New South Wales.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE10462268

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